In the early morning of the next day, Ting Yu got Jiang Tangzhou's order to spread out the greeting card sent by Ling Yingchong a few days ago on the table.
"Brother Jiang, please gather in the residence of the four princes," Ting Yu read out every single word, "There are mountains, waters and wine, and you are very carefree."
Ting Yu closed the post and said: "These four princes drag you to drink every time, can't you see that your health is not good?"
"You don't believe my drinking capacity?" Jiang Tangzhou gently floated over the floating tea leaves with a tea cover, faintly smiling.
"I know that my lord can drink a lot, but I really don't want you to have too much contact with these four princes," Ting Yu refused to swear, "I swear, it's not just to stand on the prince's side, the most important thing is It's because I feel that every time I meet him, nothing good will happen!"
"You girl, you've become so obsessed with me?" Jiang Tangzhou said with a smile, "Okay, stop thinking about it here, and write a message for me, saying that I will pay a visit in the afternoon."
"Master!" Ting Yu was furious, "Half a month has passed, and you haven't contacted him, why suddenly..."
"Don't worry about it." Jiang Tangzhou stood up, "I have made up my mind."
Ting Yu knew that her father usually seemed to be easy to talk to, but once he made up his mind, even the king of heaven would not be able to pull him back, so he didn't try to persuade him any more.
In the afternoon, Jiang Tangzhou really changed his clothes and went to the appointment.
That Ling Yingchong also waited in the mansion early, got a message from the servant, and quickly got up to meet him.
Ting Yu helped Jiang Tangzhou to walk inside and whispered: "If the situation is not right, we will run immediately."
"Understood!" Jiang Tangzhou tapped her on the head with his hand, "Soundless girl."
"Isn't the long-windedness also for the sake of our father?" Ting Yu said unwillingly, "Who made you disobedient?"
"Tang Zhou!"
In the distance, before the person appeared, the voice came, and Ling Yingchong seemed a little excited to meet him, "I said I would come to pick you up, but you insisted on coming by yourself, which made me a little embarrassed. "
"No problem," Jiang Tangzhou said with a smile, "If you come to pick him up, it's just an extra walk, and it's just useless work. You and I have to come and someone else to pick you up."
"Come and watch with me," Ling Yingchong squeezed directly beside Jiang Tangzhou, pushed Tingyu aside, and was so angry that Tingyu glared silently at him several times, "The reason why I posted this post is to ask you to come over. It is because a strange flower from the Western Regions that I brought back a few days ago bloomed. I said that this flower usually only blooms for one night, and the fragrance is compelling. On that day, you rejected me because of your health, and I still feel regretful in my heart. "
Jiang Tangzhou followed him, only listening, but didn't say anything.
"Who would have thought that this flower would bloom again shortly after receiving your message this morning! Isn't this fate?"
Jiang Tangzhou was lured by him, and sure enough, the strange fragrance became more and more intense.
Next to a cluster of white stamens, several jars of Nvhong were placed on the stone table. Ling Yingchong introduced that this was the best Nvhong in Kyoto. It had been buried for at least ten years, and it was given by Emperor Ling Yu when he just returned to Beijing. Yes, he didn't drink it all the time, and this time he specially took it out to entertain Jiang Tangzhou.
Jiang Tangzhou sat down without any excuse.
"Are you feeling better?" Ling Yingchong glanced at his arm and asked, "It was all my fault that day. I didn't prepare well in advance, which gave people a chance and hurt you. …”
"This has nothing to do with you," Jiang Tangzhou said, "If someone wants to trouble me, no matter how hard they try to prevent it, they will always find an opportunity."
"Anyway, I'll punish myself with three cups first," Ling Yingchong raised his cup, "I hope Tangzhou can forgive me."
Not to mention anything else, just talking about being friends with Ling Yingchong, Jiang Tangzhou actually felt very comfortable.
Ling Yingchong liked to talk to him about novel things in this world, but Jiang Tangzhou had never seen them, but listening to him, it was as if he had seen them himself. So when he was in Dead Manmo before, he felt that Ling Yingchong was a pretty good person.
This time they met in the capital, if not for Yin Wenzheng, Jiang Tangzhou also believed that he and Ling Yingchong could become close friends.
But sometimes fate is something that is really unclear.
Jiang Tangzhou didn't control his own quantity, Ling Yingchong asked him to drink it and he drank it, mainly because the wine was really delicious, it was sweet after entering the throat, it was so hot that it warmed the whole body, it was a rare good wine.
Three altars of daughters were red, two altars were drunk, Jiang Tangzhou's face was not red, but Ling Yingchong only drank one jar, but his cheeks were red, and his eyes became dizzy when he looked at Jiang Tangzhou—his feelings also He didn't hide it any more, and stared at Jiang Tangzhou covetously.
It's a pity that Jiang Tangzhou couldn't see it.
Ting Yu stood aside, not taking a step back, trying to protect his grandfather.
She even lowered her head and whispered: "Master, the fourth prince seems to be drunk."
"Drunk?" Jiang Tangzhou asked without changing his face, "Is the Fourth Prince drunk?"
"I'm not drunk, I can still drink!" Ling Yingchong said as he picked up another jar and poured it out, but it was empty after only one drop, and he shook it twice before saying, "It seems to be gone. "
Jiang Tangzhou smiled and said: "It seems that the fourth prince's drinking capacity needs to be strengthened."
"I'm not drunk, I'm not drunk..." Ling Yingchong muttered, wanting to refute Jiang Tangzhou, but didn't want his legs to go limp as soon as he stood up, and he fell down and closed his eyes.
This is directly drinking and falling asleep.
Ting Yu didn't care about him, he just said: "Master, why don't we say goodbye today?"
"You girl," Jiang Tangzhou said, "at least take her back to rest first."
Ting Yu was still reluctant, but he couldn't bear Jiang Tangzhou's request, so he stepped forward and dragged her up, but there was no way for her to be supported by a weak woman, so he had to let Jiang Tangzhou help the other On one side, the two dragged him back together, passing many curious eyes along the way.
Jiang Tangzhou couldn't see it, but Ting Yu was apprehensive, always feeling uneasy.
After sending the person back, Jiang Tangzhou and the two left.
On the second day, a strange white flower with roots was sent from the Fourth Prince's Mansion.
Ting Yu listened to Jiang Tangzhou's instructions, and planted the strange flower in a flower pot, and placed it by the window, but it was not in bloom, so she couldn't smell the strong and strange fragrance.
Ling Yingchong sent a message, saying that he was really embarrassed, but as the host, he fell asleep first—and even praised Jiang Tangzhou for his drinking capacity.
Ting Yu moaned and said reluctantly: "I don't even think about our master's drinking capacity, but he practiced it by soaking in a wine jar."
"You've been talking more and more recently," Jiang Tangzhou flicked the flowers and leaves, and said calmly, "Is Yan Qing back?"
"No." Ting Yu shook his head, "Master, you are biased now. If you want to eat, you don't let me buy it, but let Yan Qing go."
Jiang Tangzhou laughed and said, "Are you still jealous?"
"Otherwise!" Ting Yu snorted, "Just buy a pastry, it's not like I don't know how to buy it."
"Isn't it reluctant for you to take a trip?"
"Master will say something nice." Ting Yu stuck out her tongue, "Yan Qing should be back soon, I'll go and have a look."
Yan Qing came back in the afternoon, her face was hot from the sun, she held a box of sweet pastries in her hand, put the things on the table, and said: "Master, Yan Qing has done everything you ordered. "
"Okay." Jiang Tangzhou nodded slightly, "You can share this pastry, I don't like to eat these sweet and greasy things."
Yan Qing gave a "hmm" and said with some hesitation: "When Yan Qing was going to do some business, I met... met..." in the pastry shop.
"Who did you meet?"
"Meet the crown prince," Yan Qing said, "luckily, Yan Qing had already settled the matter before he came, but the crown prince heard all the words discussed by others. Yan Qing looked at the crown prince. Master looked very bad, so he turned black and left on the spot."
The movements in Jiang Tangzhou's hands paused for a while, before continuing to write that word, and pondered: "What did he say?"
"Let those people keep their mouths in check," Yan Qing said, "other than that, don't say anything else."
Jiang Tangzhou said "Oh" and asked, "What is he doing at the pastry shop?"
Yan Qing: "My servant saw that he bought plum candy for a tael of silver. I figured it was for a gift?"
Hearing the word "plum candy", Jiang Tangzhou couldn't write any more, so he put down the pen, stroked the edge of the rice paper with his thumb, and sighed after a while: "I see, you go down first. "
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Jiang Tangzhou waited until late at night, but Yin Wenzheng didn't come to settle accounts with him.
If the mountain doesn't come, I will go to the mountain. Jiang Tangzhou hesitated again and again, but put on an overshirt and went to Yin Wenzheng's yard. As a result, there was only one Ruojian waiting in the yard, and there was no sign of Yin Wenzheng.
Ruo Jian mixed tea for Jiang Tangzhou, and then said: "After the prince returned to the mansion in the afternoon, he went straight to the side courtyard, and he hasn't come back yet."
Jiang Tangzhou suddenly felt that his face was a little hot—the kind of embarrassment that seemed to be wrong.
Who said that when Yin Wenzheng buys plum candy, it must be for him? Maybe it's just that Yin Wenzheng thought the plum candy was delicious, so he bought more and gave it to the three thousand beauties in the side courtyard.
Jiang Tangzhou tucked the corner of his clothes, stood up and said, "Understood, when the prince comes back, there is no need to tell him that I have been here."
He turned around and was about to leave when a figure walked over, "Why didn't you tell me you were here?"
Jiang Tangzhou's steps stopped, and he was taken aback before he said, "Why are you back?"
Yin Wenzheng's body was stained with a scent of powder, Jiang Tangzhou frowned calmly, avoiding his approach to hug him.
Yin Wenzheng also paused, frowning: "Did you go to the Fourth Prince's Mansion today?"
"Yeah." Jiang Tangzhou nodded, "Go and drink some Nurhong."
"Do you know what people outside are talking about now?"
"Say what?" Jiang Tangzhou seemed at a loss.
"Say you and that Ling Yingchong..." Yin Wenzheng gritted his teeth hard, his temples throbbing constantly, "Say you have an affair with that Ling Yingchong!"
Jiang Tangzhou's expression remained the same: "It's just some boring people in the market gossiping, don't take it to heart."
"But..." The veins on the back of Yin Wenzheng's clenched hands bulged, and he tried his best to endure, "What are you thinking, Ah Tang?"
Jiang Tangzhou lowered his eyes, avoiding the other party's sight: "Don't worry about it. I have my own reasons."
Yin Wenzheng closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and said, "Don't do more things I didn't ask you to do."
"Understood." Jiang Tangzhou responded to him flatly, passed him by, and finally couldn't hold back and said, "The prince's smell is a bit strong, it's better to take care of others than take care of yourself first."